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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2024

Filed:

Oct. 02, 2019
Applicant:

Shin-etsu Chemical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Akira Yahagi, Takasaki, JP;

Masanori Ikari, Takasaki, JP;

Takuto Matsumoto, Annaka, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/09 (2006.01); C04B 35/50 (2006.01); G02F 1/01 (2006.01); G02F 1/055 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F 1/093 (2013.01); C04B 35/50 (2013.01); G02F 1/0136 (2013.01); G02F 1/055 (2013.01);
Abstract

An optical isolator includes a Faraday rotator including a trivalent ion exchange TAG (terbium-aluminum garnet), and arranged around the Faraday rotator, a central hollow magnet and a first and a second hollow magnet units arranged to sandwich the central hollow magnet in an optical axis direction. A magnetic flux density B [T] in the Faraday rotator and an optical path length L [mm] where the Faraday rotator is arranged satisfy0<  (1) and14.0≤≤24.0  (2). The optical isolator, compared with a conventional Faraday rotator such as a terbium-gallium garnet (TGG) crystal, contributes to reduction of a thermal lensing effect, being a pending problem, in a high-output fiber laser.


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